A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N200WN performing flight WN-568 from Las Vegas,NV to Reno,NV (USA), was climbing out of Las Vegas' runway 26R when the first officer reported they had a little bit of captain incapacitation subsequently explaining, the HUD had come down during the takeoff roll and hit the captain on his head, they needed a wheelchair on arrival. They were declaring emergency and returning to Las Vegas. The aircraft landed safely on runway 26L about 17 minutes after departure. The first officer advised after landing the captain had started throwing up.

The aircraft was able to depart again after about 90 minutes on the ground and reached Reno with a delay of about 2 hours.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA568/history/20260408/2130Z/KLAS/KRNO


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